Smoker’s Widow Tells Panel ‘Erroneous’ Legal Moves Deprived Her Of Punitives

(December 4, 2023, 11:26 AM EST) -- MIAMI — A smoker’s widow argues in Dec. 4 reply brief to a Florida appellate panel that it should reverse a trial court’s grant of summary judgment on her claim for punitive damages against a tobacco company for causing her husband’s coronary artery disease (CAD), lung cancer and death, contending that she was wrongly prevented from seeking punitives at trial based on an “erroneous” defense by the tobacco company that it later voluntarily withdrew....